Novel visualization method helps make sense of large neuronal activity datasets

Rastermap applied to neural activity from a virtual reality task. Credit: Stringer et al. Nature Neuroscience, 2024. Recent technological advances opened exciting possibilities for neuroscience, enabling the collection of increasingly…

Amygdala Cells Linked to Anxiety

Summary: Researchers have identified specific cell types in the amygdala linked to anxiety, revealing potential new targets for treatment. By analyzing gene expression in human and macaque brains, scientists discovered…

Expert explains cardiac amyloidosis

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare condition defined by the abnormal production of proteins that bind together to form amyloid proteins. These amyloids can gather in different…

Is thirst a good predictor of dehydration?

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Water is essential for daily functioning and health, and we can only survive a few days without it. Yet we constantly lose water through sweat, urination…

Votive monument unearthed at Roman Open-Air Museum in Hechingen-Stein

Archaeologists have unearthed over 100 fragments of a votive monument during excavations at the Roman Open-Air Museum in Hechingen-Stein. The museum exhibits the remains of a villa rustica, a large…

Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries

At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so…

Daylight saving time ends this weekend. This is how to prepare for the potential health effects

In this Oct. 30, 2008, file photo, an Electric Time Company employee adjusts the color on a clock at the plant in Medfield, Mass., days before the switch to standard…

AI model predicts progression of breast cancer better than standard hospital tests, study claims

Multi-modal AI test for invasive breast cancer. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2410.21256 A team of AI and medical researchers at startup Ataraxis AI, who are also affiliated with a host…

Don’t get spooked by all that sugar

Sugar overload is a real danger on Halloween, as piles of candy prove a powerful temptation to both Trick-or-Treaters and the folks handing out the goodies. Too many sweet treats…

Physician discusses advances in minimally invasive kidney stone surgery

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most small kidney stones can pass on their own. However, kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own or cause bleeding, kidney damage…